The energy supplement (ES) is a supplementary payment that commenced on 20 September 2014. It was previously known as the clean energy supplement (CES). It is a fixed nominal amount; the supplement is neither indexed nor increased each year. There is no means testing.
energy_supplement(qualifying_payment, has_partner = FALSE,
n_dependants = 0L, age = 21, lives_at_home = FALSE,
independent = FALSE, isjspceoalfofcoahodeoc = FALSE,
long_term = FALSE, per = c("year", "fortnight", "quarter"))
A character vector designating the payment type the individual is entitled to. Valid strings are
All pensions and bereavement allowance
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
Disability support pension (over 21)
All allowances not elsewhere described, viz. Newstart allowance, Widow allowance, Partner allowance, Sickness allowance
Parenting payments
Youth allowance (but not receiving youth disability supplement)
Youth allowance but also receiving youth disability supplement
Austudy recipients
(logical, default: FALSE
) Does the individual have a partner? For persons with partners but separated due to the partner's illness or imprisonment, this may be true or false depending on the eligibility of the qualifying payment.
How many dependants does the individual have? Default is zero.
The age of the individual.
(logical, default: FALSE
) Does the individual live at home?
(logical, default: FALSE
) For persons under 21, is the person 'independent'?
Is the recipient a single job seeker principal carer, either of large family or foster child/ren, or who is a home or distance educator of child/ren?
Is the individual a long-term welfare recipient?
Dictates whether the result is per year, per fortnight, or per quarter. By default, yearly payments are returned, with a message. Payments are generally made each fortnight though recipients can elect to have them paid quarterly.
The energy supplement for each individual. Arguments are recycled, but only if length-one.